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Bungie Pentathlon - who actually cares ?
Posted by: Duardo
Halo: CE was far from over-hyped. I never heard of it until a friend introduced it to me.
Halo 2 may have been "over-hyped" because Bungie talked about things, then cut them from the final game. Also the I Love Bees thing took it to a new level.
Halo 3 wasn't as hyped as Halo 2, IMO.
Spot on, Halo CE's having no hype benfitted the game in a way as people discovered it, for example Duardo was introduced to it by a friend and so was I, however the hype machine IMO set Halo 2 up for a fall as it was never going to live up to the "Earth will never bee the same again" magazine adverts etc and especially after the mighty E3 demo was scrapped.
Halo 3 was hyped in a more "fuller" way, in terms of it being more than just magazine ads and commercials for example the diorama, Landfall, Starry Night, Arms Race and of course the "behind the scenes" of the diorama, which was a clever ploy to give over the impression of a large Hollywood style production.
We also have the possibility of Halo 3 ODST falling down the same hole as Halo 2 and 3 as already we have had the teaser trailers, the endless magazine articles and the SI popping up over the place. Perhaps instead of taking step forwards using Halo 2 and 3's marketing they should perhaps take a step backwards and look at the low key Halo CE advertising, i.e: not a huge amount....only problem being is that Halo and Bungie are simply too big a brand to recreate the Halo CE feel of "just discovered"
But whatever Bungie did for Halo 2 and 3 was always going to be tarnished by the "im cool to put a negative spin on things" brigade and I am sure they will be out rattling their sabres in anticipation to put Halo ODST to the sword.
[Edited on 12.23.2008 12:39 AM PST]